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On Prospect Vale, in Fairfield West & Newsham Park
What it's like at L6 8PQ: every home that has sold on Prospect Vale since 1995 and who owns them, what's happening down the road, crime on the street, a day in the life, history on the doorstep and what's changing nearby. Moving, buying, selling, improving or investing? Pick a lens above for what matters to you.
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ORR, DfE, police.uk, OS Terrain 50 and Open Greenspace, Forestry Commission, Defra noise maps (England), Xoserve. Every distance: Moving; radon, ground and flood checks: Buying.
4 homes on the street extended (energy certificates).
Sales and extensions on Prospect Vale; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
5 of the 34 homes on the street are owned by companies.
| 20, Prospect ValeSemi-detached | Oct 2003 | £81,000 | – | – | 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22, Prospect ValeDetached | Dec 2019 | £171,000 | 96 m² | £1,781/m² | 2 |
| 24, Prospect ValeSemi-detached | Aug 2015 | £80,000 | 106 m² | £755/m² | 2 |
| 26, Prospect ValeSemi-detached | Jul 2024 | £174,000 | 106 m² | £1,642/m² | 1 |
| 28, Prospect ValeSemi-detached | Aug 2025 | £496,000 | 398 m² | £1,246/m² | 1 |
| 38, Prospect ValeFlat | Dec 2022 | £59,000 | 88 m² | £670/m² | 4 |
| 52, Prospect ValeSemi-detached | May 2002 | £78,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 60, Prospect ValeSemi-detached | Nov 2006 | £155,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 62, Prospect ValeSemi-detached | Oct 2011 | £129,950 | 96 m² | £1,354/m² | 1 |
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
The nearest station is Wavertree Technology Park, a short drive or bike ride (1.6 km), with 293k journeys a year; its busiest route is to Liverpool Lime Street.
The nearest bus stop is Holland Street, 350 m away, with a bus about every 3 minutes on weekdays (routes 10A, 10B, 10, 9); 38 departures an hour from the 2 stops within a 5-minute walk.
55% of households manage without a car.
The nearest primary school is St Sebastian's Catholic Primary School and Nursery, about a 10-minute walk (700 m); 63% met the expected standard.
The closest top-rated primary is Whitefield Primary School (1.5 km).
The nearest secondary is The Academy of St Francis of Assisi, 450 m away; Attainment 8: 35.8 · 7.1% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Top-rated secondaries within reach: Archbishop Blanch CofE High School (1.7 km) and Liverpool College (3.7 km).
Grammar schools are within reach: The Blue Coat School (2.7 km) and St Anselm's College (7.8 km).
The nearest supermarket is Lidl Uk, 750 m away, with Lake View Kiosk closer still (300 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is The Park View Medical Centre (600 m), with Bounce Chemist the closest pharmacy (600 m).
For a haircut, Barbers & Beauty is 350 m away.
The nearest full A&E is New Royal Liverpool University, 1.8 km away, rated good by the CQC.
At its trust, 48% of major A&E patients were seen within 4 hours in September 2026 (the NHS standard is 95%), and 63% of people waiting for planned treatment had waited under 18 weeks (typical wait 13 weeks).
There's a handful of places to eat and drink locally: 14 restaurants and cafés, 2 pubs and bars.
Beanstalk Coffee Co is the closest café or restaurant (350 m), and The Edinburgh the nearest pub (350 m).
Takeaways are plentiful (17 of them).
Crime is higher than in most places, at about 258 per 1,000 residents a year (busy town centres push this figure up).
There are 23 listed buildings.
It's a mix of homes: 48% flats and 6% detached houses.
Most homes are Victorian or Edwardian: 74% were built before 1919.
It's growing: about 140 new homes were completed in 2021–2025.
The nearest park is Newsham Park, 250 m away; for exercise, JD Gyms (900 m).
A swim is a short trip away: Wallasey, 9.5 km away, was rated good for water quality in 2025.
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 13.5 µg/m³).
23 places on this map are within about a 10-minute walk.
Walking times are estimates from straight-line distance. Food businesses from the FSA food hygiene register; schools from the DfE register; nurseries from Ofsted's childcare register; care homes from the Care Quality Commission; pools, sports halls, tennis and golf from Sport England Active Places (contains data © Sport England); everything else © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Map © OpenFreeMap, OpenMapTiles, OpenStreetMap contributors.
| Building | Grade | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Bandstand at West End of Newsham Park | II | 160 m |
| Bronte Villa | II | 170 m |
Grade I and II* are the most important few per cent. Listing means consent is needed for most changes, inside and out. Contains Historic England data © Historic England 2026 (via planning.data.gov.uk), OGL.
Liverpool Wavertree constituency: Paula Barker MP (Labour), since December 2019. 2024 general election: Lab hold, majority 16,304 (40.9%), turnout 56%. Vote shares: Labour 58%, Green Party 17%, Reform UK 9%, Liberal Democrat 7%.
24 new homes, planning permissions and school changes on record within 2 km, plus energy projects, road works, storm overflows and major infrastructure. Everything changing near L6 8PQ →
For holidays, Liverpool John Lennon is 11 km away, and Manchester, with far more destinations, 44 km.
Many neighbours rent: 44% of households rent privately and 27% socially.
It's young: 27% of residents are aged 15–29.
The nearest university is University of Liverpool, 2.3 km away (TEF Gold).
Written from the figures on this page: Census 2021, DfT journey times (2019), NaPTAN/ORR, Ofsted, CQC, FSA, police.uk and planning registers. Figures describe the neighbourhood around the street.
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police.uk, 2025-09 to 2026-08. Crimes are mapped to the nearest of a set of anonymised points and labelled with that point's street, so busy roads and junctions collect crimes from nearby; the street has about 34 homes that have sold since 1995. Greater Manchester Police data is not published, and national totals leave Greater Manchester out.
On this street: 1 of 21 homes with certificates have solar panels, 0 a heat pump, and 4 are heated by something other than mains gas.
| Neighbourhood | Council | England and Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homes with solar panels | 0.6% | 0.9% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.3% | 0.2% | 1.1% |
| Mains gas | 91.6% | 82.8% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.0% | 0.1% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 7.8% | 15.6% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 0.2% | 1.1% | 2.1% |
From each home's latest energy certificate, so panels or heat pumps fitted since aren't counted and the shares are lower than today's real figures. Compare areas in the data explorer.
Nearest: Waterworld (Stoke-On-Trent) · about 57 min
Nearest: East Lancashire Railway · about 41 min
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